Jinkx Monsoon Is Filled With Rage — and a Lot of Hope
“I’m just as much an actor as I am a transfeminine person. Actor feels like part of my gender identity.”
‘Under the Bridge,’ a True Crime Drama With Queer Leads, Wants More for Its Girls and the Genre
Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough deliver magnificent performances as the queer leads of a ’90s-set true crime drama that is less concerned with scandal or mystery than it is with empathy and curiosity.
How Do I Re-Friend-Zone My Friend After the Worst Sex of My Life?
Advice on how to stay friends when the friend you hooked up with wants more, flagging with carabiners, and whether it’s okay if your wife is your only IRL friend.
Will ‘Baby Reindeer’ Welcome a New Era of Complex Television?
We cannot fight stigmas around transness, queerness, and surviving abuse by reducing the complexities of life into rules and checklists.
Mini Crossword Holds a Grudge
My landlord told me we need to talk about the heating bill.
AS Insider #109 April ’24: All the ‘Rejected’ April Fool’s Day Headlines
“Straight Couples Who Aren’t Fucking Are Appropriating Lesbian Bed Death Culture”
4 Moments During My Transition When Womanhood ‘Clicked’ for Me
1. When targeted ads began spooning wedding crap onto my feed.
Texas’ DIY Parties Are Creating Spaces for Lesbians From Scratch
I wear a leather vest for a shirt, a black cowboy hat, and pearls for added flair. The party is in a discreet, always-changing location, available only by word-of-mouth invite.
Queer Feminist Essay Collection Explores Horrors of Motherhood
The Call Is Coming From Inside The House is an ideal read for anyone interested in any one of its disparate themes: horror movies, queer parenthood, mental health, bisexuality, true crime, and more.
Untethered: How Do You Know You’re Living Where You Want To Be?
This dissolution of home presents a lot of choices — how I’ll spend my time — who I’ll visit, when, for what holidays if any.
The Best Breakup Advice You’ll Ever Get
“The world is supposed to feel as though it is ending and you are supposed to know only in the most dormant recesses of the backmost corner of your soul that it will not be like this forever.”
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Are Turning Our Favorite Lesbian Soccer Romance Novel Into a TV Show
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are adapting beloved lesbian sports romance novel “Cleat Cute” into a TV show and we want it now. Also in today’s pop culture fix: Hacks’ Season Three trailer, a new doc about queer comedy, Bridgerton’s lesbian romps and more!
‘Girls State’ Documentary Reveals Limitations of a Mock Government
Maddie Rowan, a queer teen from the documentary, speaks to Autostraddle about growing up queer in Missouri and what it was like to be at the camp when the Roe v. Wade decision leaked.
Is Monogamy Cool Again?
Is the era of polyamory over? Are more queer people returning to monogamy? Or is it just a shift in the cultural conversation?
No Filter: Reneé Rapp and Towa Bird Perform Together in Front of Giant Scissors
Also, I’m still not over that Victoria Monét Coachella performance.
Dice Sets Ranked by How Much My Girlfriend Wants To Eat Them
My girlfriend Lucy lives with the neurodivergent urge to put small, colorful things in her mouth.
Mini Crossword ‘Accidentally’ Leaves Gloves Everywhere
I just applied for a job down at the diner.
Top (Get It?) Moments From Inside the WNBA Draft
Monday night I had the honor of sitting amongst basketball legends at the 2024 WNBA Draft. The gayest thing in the room? The crowd! Seated in front of me was a group of lesbians that included multiple ex-girlfriends attending together.
Mark My Words, Billie Eilish’s New Queer Sex Song Is Gonna Be the Song of the Summer
“I could eat that girl for lunch / Yeah, she dances on my tongue.” I know it’s a little premature to declare an early contender for song of the summer but…
Dev Doee Is the Star We’ve Been Waiting For
“This might sound cocky, but I’ve gotten to a place where I know I’m good. What really matters to me now is talking to other baby Black queens.”